A Kiel Institute study published Monday found Americans bore 96% of U.S. tariff costs imposed in 2024-2025. The study found tariffs generated $200 billion in revenue, functioning as a consumption tax on Americans. www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
52% of Missourians voted to add reproductive health care protections, including access to abortion up to the point of fetal viability, into the state constitution. But dozens of restrictions ensure access to abortion remains limited. missouriindependent.com/2026/01/12/m...
TODAY: Join our webinar on how and when to weave relevant climate information into your stories and where to access to science-backed tools and resources you can start using right away. Tickets are donation based, and participants can register for as little as $1.
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Are you a parent of teens 13-17? We're surveying parents as we build tools to help teens and their families better identify misinformation. We'd love to hear your thoughts: newscreatorcorps.org/2026/01/pare...
The FBI blocked Minnesota law enforcement from investigating an ICE agent's fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, officials said Thursday. Governor Tim Walz criticized the exclusion. www.wsj.com/us-news/minn...
people keep reposting this as some major election conspiracy, but the actual USPS notice is wildly clear that they're not changing any policies: they're stating the longstanding reality that postmarks long haven't represented the date of mailing unless you request a manual postmark at a post office
Two more days to apply for the Spring 2026 class of our Trusted Creator Fellowship!
This 9-week program for information-focused creators teaches skills like fact checking, sourcing, and interviewing to ensure you are disseminating accurate information.
Apply here by 12/31: lnkd.in/eZyQcmGM
I've been working in digital innovation and newsroom transformation my entire career, and this moment in the creator space feels really special.
I wrote about that here: www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/crea...
This is the best Nieman Lab prediction. No notes. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/plea...
SCOOP from @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social at @cityandstateny.bsky.social: Gov. Kathy Hochul will announce tomorrow that she's agreed to sign the controversial Medical Aid in Dying bill www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2025/...
There are many guides on how to diffuse family arguments, but let’s say Aunt Sarah’s immigration comments aren’t about policy, but rather based on a made up claim propagated by politicians to incite fear. How do you engage in a good faith discussion when it’s based on falsities?
We got you.
This is the last week of NCC's inaugural Trusted Creators fellowship. Here's what one of our fellows had to say about the program: newscreatorcorps.org/2025/12/trus...
"In general, progressives tend to talk about family planning in more economic terms as an affordability issue, while conservatives see it as a need for a certain cultural identity, typically with religious undertones." 19thnews.org/2025/12/pron...
We know humor captures attention and creates a more positive and engaging learning environment. So how can information-focused creators utilize humor in their work? Next week, we're hosting a virtual masterclass with Josh Burstein.
Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. ET
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-comedy...
NCC is compiling a comprehensive guide to the biggest sticking points in newsroom-creator partnerships, and we need newsroom editors and creators to weigh in.
What are the benefits you see in collaborating? Are you unsure of how to monetize the partnership or how editorial oversight would work?
The NCC Trusted Creator Fellowship timeline:
—Applications are due on December 31, 2025.
—Applicants will be notified by the end of January.
—The cohort will meet virtually once a week from February 23 to April 24.
newscreatorcorps.org/apply/
The fellowship teaches tactical skills like fact-checking, sourcing, and interviewing to ensure the creators are disseminating accurate information and connects content creators with news organizations, nonprofits, and other institutions to expand the reach of accurate and trustworthy information.
As the trusted voices of our time, content creators have an outsized influence on shaping public opinion, as well as an outsized responsibility to get the information they are delivering right. This training fellowship is an intensive program of skill sharing and community building.
Applications for News Creator Corps' Spring 2026 Trusted Creator Fellowship are open: newscreatorcorps.org/apply/
If you create content that informs or connects people, this program will teach you the tactical skills to ensure you are disseminating accurate information. (Plus a $5k stipend!)
Social media has a misinformation problem that’s making teens (and everyone, really) unable to spot the truth. Here’s my latest about how some creators are working to fix that.
newscreatorcorps.org/2025/11/crea...
The next in our Meet The Fellows series: Ali Van Fleet, a meteorologist studying climate communication.
“I think it’s easy to tell someone like, ‘Oh, you can go read this book.’ But are they going to? No. This is how people are getting their information."
newscreatorcorps.org/2025/11/meet...
"Keeping “minimize harm” front and center matters because most harm from shared information isn’t malicious, it happens when we don’t stop to think about the ripple effects of what we share or publish."
newscreatorcorps.org/2025/11/crea...
We know that humor captures attention and creates a more engaging learning environment, as evidenced by decades of late night TV.
NCC's upcoming virtual workshop will demonstrate how basic improv and standup tactics can be integrated into anyone's writing or performing style. Join us Dec. 10.
"People shouldn't just automatically assume if they have a flight this weekend, that everything is going to be exactly perfect," she said. "There's still going to be kind of the snowball effect." www.businessinsider.com/why-flight-d...
We have a new series so you can meet the NCC fellows, and we're kicking it off with Kahja Elliott.
“Kay in the Bay is a platform about all of the different ways we can interact with food that encourages communities."
newscreatorcorps.org/2025/11/meet...
The Supreme Court agreed to rule on a high-stakes case that could have profound impacts on the 2026 and 2028 elections. Are states required to count mail-in ballots that are postmarked on or before election day but arrive after? www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/just...
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
PSA from 404 Media: you can opt-out of a data broker selling your flight travel data to the government to be searched without a warrant. Here's how I did it. This is ARC, the data broker owned by major U.S. airlines like United, Delta, American, etc
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
My husband always says he feels like he’s at a wedding during boarding
Some of the bylines I couldn't substantiate, as in they didn't have a LinkedIn profile or other site. Others were real people, but their emails didn't match the emails listed on their websites. I reached out to one via her listed email and asked if she had pitched, and she confirmed she had not.
